Celebrating Success

We take pride in our students’ successes, both in and outside of school. It is really important that these successes are acknowledged and shared throughout the school community.

At school we celebrate success through;

Recognition at school assemblies
Awards and Certificates
Articles in newsletters
Class or team recognition
School Webpage
Articles in the Upper Hutt Leader
Class blogs
Displays throughout the school…

Students take part in many sporting, academic and/or cultural events during their two years at Intermediate. Building self esteem and leadership skills by celebrating success, sets them a solid foundation for being “lifelong learners” and allows them to be proud of their achievements.

The 2017 Tournament of Minds National Competition was held on Saturday 23 September at Victoria University in Wellington. Teams flew in from around the country to compete in their age group and division. We are proud to announce that the Fergusson Intermediate team won the Primary Science Technology category and as a result they will…

On Tuesday 19 September two teams of four students competed in the Police Competency Training (PCT) Challenge. The PCT Challenge is organised by the Bluelight arm of the New Zealand Police with the aim of building confidence amongst young people and furthering positive relationships between them and the Police. Competing in a confidence course type…

A calculated gamble on the weather paid off, and the annual sports exchange with Masterton Intermediate went ahead today. Congratulations to all participants for the very fine spirit in which all games were played, and a huge congratulations to Masterton Intermediate for their comprehensive victories in all codes – netball, football, hockey and rugby. .

As part of the ALLIS (Asian Learning in Schools) programme a group of thirty students learning Japanese attended a Japanese Immersion Day at Upper Hutt College on Friday 4 August. Japanese learning students from Upper Hutt College, Heretaunga College, Maidstone Intermediate and Fergusson Intermediate gathered to experience a variety of Japanese activities, food and culture…